Gage for gasolene-tanks of automobiles.



A. G. HICKS.

GAGE FOR GASOLENE TANKS OF AUTOMOBILES. APPucATloN HLED APR.8,1915.

5 the gasolene tank,

ARTHUR G. HICKS,

OF SARGENTS, COLORADO.

GAGE FOR GASOLENE-TANKS 0F AUTOMOBILES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 8, 1915.

To all whom z't may concern.'

Be it known that I, ARTHUR G. Hicks, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sargents, in the county of Saguache and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Gage for Gasolene-Tanks of Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved gage for gasolene tanks of automobiles, and an object of the invention is to provide a gage supported on the exterior of the body of the machine, whereby the tank (which is located under the seat) may be filled, without causing the occupants to leave the seat and necessitating the raising of the seat.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved gage provided with a funnel mouth, and through which the gasolene may be poured without spilling.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved gage, properly graduated, in order to disclose the exact amount of gasolene in the tank, without having to remove the cushion of the seat.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature, which no-t only constitutes a gage, but also a iilling tube, and which is so located on the exterior of the body of the machine as to prevent spilling of the gasolene on the floor or bottom of the body.

Another object of the invention is to provide a gage so that regardless whether the machine is on a level or an incline, the gage will disclose the correct amount of gasolene in the tank, thereby preventing overfilling.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a view partly in section and partly in elevation, showing the application of the improved gage. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the gage and a portion of the tank. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail View in perspective of the skeleton guard for the glass tube of the gage.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 designates one of the sides or the rear of the body of an automobile, and 2 which is provided with an outlet opening 3 surrounded by a thread- Patented Mar. 7, 1916.

Serial No. 19,962.

ed iange 4, to which an elbow 5 is threaded, and the elbow in turn is threaded to a short tube or pipe 6, which extends through one ofthe sides or rear of the body of the machine. The tube or pipe 6 has a circular iiange 7 which iits or engages the outer sur face of one of the sides or rear of the body of the machine. The section of pipe or tubing 6 is threaded at 8 into the side of the hollow cylindrical portion 9 at the lower part of the skeleton metallic guard 10, into which a glass tube 11 telescopes. The interior of the lower hollow cylindrical portion of the guard is provided with a shoulder 12, between which and the lower end of the glass tube 11 a gasket or washer 13 is interposed, thereby forming a tight joint. Threaded at 14 in the lower extremity of the lower part 9 of the guard is a drain cock 15. The guard 10 is provided with three elongated slots 16, thereby forming a skeleton guard, so that the level of the oil may be observed from three different sides of the gage, for instance, to the side, to the front and to the rear, and between the slots the guard is graduated as shown at 17, indicating from one to ten gallons of gasolene, also indicating the half gallon. Upon the upper end of the glass tube a gasket or a washer 18 is arranged, which is held in place by the cylindrical flange 19 (which is threaded at 20 into the upper end of the guard) of the funnel 21. Arranged between a shoulder 22 on the exterior of the upper end of the guard is a circular ring 23 of the supporting arm 24, which is secured at 25 to one of the sides or the rear of the body of the machine. The ring 23 is between the shoulder 22 and the conical portion of the funnel, thereby hold ing the Various parts securely assembled. This ring 23 is arranged in place prior to threading the funnel into the guard. The funnel 21 is provided with an annular exteriorly threaded ilange 27, to which the cover or closure 28 is threaded, as shown. It will be observed that by removing the cover or closure 28, the tank may be easily lled through the gage, which constitutes a filling tube, the funnel. preventing spilling of the gasolene, and as the tank is filled, the level or quantity of gasolene is clearly disclosed by the gage.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and useful is 1. A gage for a gasolene tank of an automobile, comprising a cylindrical metallic guard having an elongated slot terminating a short distance from each end of the guard and provided with exterior graduations, the lower end of the guard having connections with the gasolene tank and provided with a shoulder on its interior adjacent its lower end, a glass tube telesooping inside the guard, a gasket between the lower end of the tube and said shoulder, a funnel. mouth connected to the upper end of the guard, a gasket between the upper end of the tube and the funnel mouth, a Closure for the funnel mouth, and a supporting means for the upper end of the guard connected to the body of the machine.

2. A tluid measurer or gage for gasolene tanks of automobiles comprising a cylindrical metallic guard having three elongated vertical slots terminating a short distance from each end of the guard. said guard below the slots having a hollow cylindrical portion having connections with the tank and provided with an interior shoulder, the exterior of the guard between the slots being graduated, a glass tube teleseoping inside the guard, a gasket between the lower end of the tube and said shoulder, a funnel mouth threaded into the upper end of the guard, a` gasket between the funnel mouth and the upper end of the tube, the exterior of the guard at its upper end having a shoulder, a support connected to the body of the machine and having a ring fitting between the upper exterior shoulder and the funnel mouth, and a closure for the funnel mouth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing witnesses.

ARTHUR G. HICKS. fitnessesz J. R. HICKS. R. R. COLE. 

